http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Thu, 23 May 2013 21:18:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/03/faculty-profile-yochanan-kushnir/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/03/faculty-profile-yochanan-kushnir/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:45:28 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=24624 by Kaci Fowler Yochanan Kushnir began his career as a meteorologist in the Israeli Navy, where he started as an operational marine forecaster, and with time became the Navy’s Chief Meteorology Officer. As part of his duties, Kushnir ventured out to sea to collect meteorological and oceanographic data for research. Motivated by these experiences, Kushnir [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/03/faculty-profile-yochanan-kushnir/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/30/richard-seager/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/30/richard-seager/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:31:13 +0000 Eve Solomon http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=22304 "What I like," says Richard Seager, "is the fact that the Earth Institute has so many people working on the climate change and variability issue - from people like me doing the straight climate research to others working on how to build resilience to climate variability and change, to others working on how to prevent the worst climate change through, for example, carbon capture and storage. Whenever I am in that mix, conversations strike up that touch on areas of overlap, which, once opened, provide a wonderful flow of information between the areas of expertise. This sort of place, given its ability to tackle the climate problem in its entirety, could have a huge impact.”]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/30/richard-seager/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/10/larry-burns-elected-to-the-national-academy-of-engineering/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/10/larry-burns-elected-to-the-national-academy-of-engineering/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:18:53 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=19915 Larry Burns, director of the Earth Institute’s Roundtable on Sustainable Mobility, was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) on Oct. 16, 2011. A self-proclaimed “engineer through and through,” Burns teaches engineering practice at the University of Michigan and visits New York City regularly to lead the Roundtable. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/10/larry-burns-elected-to-the-national-academy-of-engineering/feed/ 1